New to LumberJocks--Walnut Bureau

This is my first post at LumberJocks, but I’ve been ‘lurking’ for some time! I own a part-time furniture business (Siggers Traditions, LLC) and work full time as an engineer at a large cabinet company. I’ve been around wood my entire life, first building birdhouses and such as a kid, then houses as a teenager, and now furniture.

This is a black walnut bureau I built a couple of years ago for my son. The drawer parts are Poplar, dovetailed. The bureau was Harvey Ellis’ design, but I built it using full M&T joinery almost everywhere. I inlaid a chestnut cross in the top rear rail.

First, welcome to LJs…..There are some very talented craftsman here and I really like the chest you made for your son…... Stellar job….I also build furniture (my favorite thing in working the wood), and being military retired, I have the time. There’s nothing quite like takeing raw wood and turning it into something beautiful.

My favorite type is Shaker style, with it’s simple design, clean lines, and nothing fancy…....Welcome again to LJs. Hope to see more of your great work on here…...You are a fine artisan…

Welcome to L J’s Dan,by the look of Your first project post,it looks like You are gonna fit right in here ! I like the look and style of the bureau,the finish came out great and the construction looks solid. Once again nice job and looking forward to future work !

Thanks for the warm welcome and the nice comments. This really is a great site! I’ll post more later (heading off to the IWF show now).

Hippockets, I didn’t actually document my time on that project (should have), but it was somewhere between 50-60 hours I believe. Started with rough sawn wood so that includes surfacing, etc. Thanks again everyone!